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South Jones Football Team History

South Jones Braves

South Jones High School

313 Anderson Street Ellisville, MS
Stadium:
Colors: Red, White & Blue
Coach: Hershel Hathorne

1965 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 2024

1971 Season Highlights

Hershel Hathorne enters his 4th season as Head Coach at South Jones.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	Northeast Jones *	7	20	L
Fri., Sep. 10	Forrest County AHS *	0	0	T
Fri., Sep. 17	Poplarville *	7	14	L
Fri., Sep. 24	Collins	6	35	L
Fri., Oct. 1	George County *	0	23	L
Fri., Oct. 8	Columbia	13	7	W
Fri., Oct. 15	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 22	Stone *	6	31	L
Fri., Oct. 29	Petal *	6	31	L
Fri., Nov. 5	West Jones *	0	21	L

1971 Season Totals
Record	1-7 -1
Points Scored	45
Scoring Average	5.0
Points Allowed	182
Defense Average	20.2
Opponents Record	52-46 -5
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1971 DeSoto Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Petal	10-1	276	73	6-1-0	195	38	Jimmy Havard
Stone	10-1	219	74	6-1-0	133	60	Mike Nelson
Northeast Jones	7-3	167	141	4-2-0	98	92	Glenn Wells
Poplarville	5-4-1	131	163	4-2-0	88	68	Alvin Doyle
George County	4-6-1	173	200	4-3-0	137	103	Bill Martin
West Jones	2-7	102	250	2-5-0	74	168	Rex Todd
Forrest County AHS	2-7-1	90	141	0-6-1	39	119	Roger Phillips
South Jones	1-7-1	45	182	0-6-1	26	140	Hershel Hathorne

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